Pyrotechnic alarm.



1o alarm, and in such JAMES (L MOOIE,

SYLVNA, ASSGNOP, OF

@NPL Oi? JNE PEACE.

SPECFCATIOI- forming par?. o f Le-turs '.*Pazzeu' No. $629,912, tinted,may 15, 11909 Be it known thai zen of iii@ United f of Philadelphia, imthe phia and Siate of .Pennsy ed certain new and imei PyroteciinioAlarms, is a, speciiicziiiu.

My invention has reiavtion to si pyrfiieahnic conneciion it remt morepartieuiariy to the construe-ihm :mii a meuf, or snail an aiarm.

The principal fsbjeci ci my invention in provide pyrotichni i amsoW-i-fmning Grail locaeii on the exterior of building; and in ciudad inin sie-Girls cirerin which when completed within *rile house :nammiiy bymeans of suitable sivi'rines or pl. h butbons or mitomaiicaiiy by meansai" Suita'be iiiermostats shaii canse said torch to ignite to constituteein fila-rui Ur signiii.

My invention med in generalterr- 1S5 conssts of a pyrotec tui@ alarmconstructed and arranged in substirntiaiiy the mamie-r 'hereinafterdescribed. mii claims' Tim nature and scope of iiiyiuvmziou will be morefuiiy uuderso'od from the following deseripion taken in conneeiion withthe auf compnying drawiugs forming pari: herssof, in which- Figure l isa .iongiiaudiniii seeiionai 'view of a buiingnpon whisk bib pyroteciinicimm iS ioeated, the Marmi mid preferred eiectricai connections thereforisa-ing ilustra'ie in diagram. Fig. 2 is an euargeii 'mimic-a1 sectionaltha pyrc-eabii siow-buifniug torch wim im ma .@swres. Fig. is :i sideeievatonai vias?, eiiarged, ai' im i-cr eh; ilimiirsiting si mndiiiefferr. of eonnecing the i im?) i cir w @he buiii. c, emd'Fig. iiS a fromaimtimmi View, enlarged, @f om af iiie ermosim's.

Referring t@ he drawings, building iso the rit-of a nd i' thesharm-torch embndy iiivenisicm is adapted to mi appiied. ring G Fig. E,the torch 1 riosisisrs of a mail b', preferably of nui1-cf u1bi1stbiematerizii, wherein a slow-burning suitable mate "iii L' is packed. Thesimil Z/ supports zi cap o waterproof but combinatibig;A

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LDL?, G forming the irminfin of au membri@ culi mail united at iixeir fa by n, wir@ Jr, o xiimtai, idap' m become highly 'iieteii when timcurrent passes through it.

- maw t@ of batir: the Hallar 0i' fue other pel@ the hamm om@ or nim-ewir@ Eend 'she fm-ions rooreis iii the building. In iieseromrss thi wirei3 di- V'd iuo awo branches '7' (21uiis which are ii inse-' i "iaiii'mihas or push-buttrms 9', (is mail nio-shari: i0, Chf, :irrm'xgement beingsmh he primair-hatiens or thm-mosmts norm reni; he sommation@ betwensaid. brzmrsiies? 1.7 auf? i. @ne iiragicii wim 7 is eoniieciei, y i n,wire il to inarmiiiai i2 :adapte-1i, when i@ ricci.; the v iri5orwirfl6,L l comi termina of the *Lorch u, 190mm@ im Li u roof m "he front of theiiiii1si iiiai1 is if@ sity, when the "icblsvar lf3 iiisuiims diepositimlillustrated 1 viii lfiorppie 'l s o @immii, if) i..

pyrotechziia maior az-zpiodri to forca and Lo igii witiznt'n above thetha torch is im fiapfizwmi mi" r @aber horizontal pessima of iii@buiiiingr, as Fig. 2, tim rniiiy supportm u jmn :i @up d ironia torch ecfr/ele er mail d projecting its bese. The cup i Will receive the sparksfrom the torch mei prevent the same 'from felling onto ihe reci or etherwoodwork ci tire building. hen, however, iuhe torch ie arranged parallel'to the Welle of 'the building, es in Fig. 3, the cup may be dispensedwith and the torch, directly ecurcd'o the spike (i2, 'which is heilt etright angles.

Having thus described alle nature and ci ject of my invention, 'wheticlaim es new, emi desire to secure by Letters Patent, isii. Apyretecimic clarin, comprising e shell of noiacombuetibie meteriei, a.eiowbuming maael'iei packed in seid eilei, e cap of een Dusticlemateriel suppored on seid ehel, a, pyrotechnc material packed in ccpmail 'resting directly upon the slew-burning mete rial Within the Shell,and e fuse ccreieiirig two metallic strips forming: the terminale of enelectric circuit and e Wire uniting @eid strips end adapted ie 'becemehighly heated by the passage of the current, said inse being embedded inthe pyrctechnie material of the cap, substantially es and for L'iicpurposes tic scribed.

A pyroteciinic alarm., comprising n. heil of non-ccixibustible material,a. slow-burning mail 'viel packed in seid shell, e cap of com'- bueiiblemaicriai supported on eai shell, a pyroteclmic materiel packed in seidcap and reeiing directly upon the slow-burning materiei within theshell, and e fuse consisting of two metallic stripe forming theterminals of en electric circuit and e wire uniting said stripe andalepted to become highly heated by the passage of the current, said fusebeing embedded in the pyrotechnic material ofthe Cep in combination withe series of devices located within the circuit and adapted to bemanually operated to complete the circuit through the fuse, and a.'series of thermostats located in seid. circuit and adaptedautomatically to complete said circuitindependcnbly o eeid (ievices,substantially as and for the purposes described.

in testimony whereof I have hereunto 'set my Signature in the presenceof two subscrib ing' w'meeeceA JAiilllFl (l. MOORE.

Witneeees:

J. WALTER DOUGLAHS, kRICHARD i). MAXWELL.

